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Vietnam Vietcong = communist guerillas, fought against SV, more people in SV wanted communism US gave military support to SV military, increased after US ship attacked by NV (1964- Tonkin Gulf) US struggled because of guerilla warfare, unfamiliar territory, SV govt unpopular

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Vietnam President Nixon began pulling US troops out of Vietnam  complete in 1973 1975: NV took over SV, country united Containment FAILED! Video– History’s Turning Points, pictures: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictur es_the_vietnam_war_/html/1.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictur es_the_vietnam_war_/html/1.stm

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Third World = developing nations, US and USSR tried to get them on their side w/ (1) covert action (spying, assassinations), (2) supporting wars, (3) military, economic, humanitarian aid Some countries stayed non-aligned

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Cuba 1962: USSR (Khrushchev) started putting missiles in Cuba. US (Kennedy) ordered them out  world close to war Result of Cuban Missile Crisis: USSR takes out missiles, US agrees not to invade Cuba Cuba became very dependent on USSR Video– Inside Cuba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVTb9oyyN M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVTb9oyyN M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5BGCjkU2J 0